VERONA, Nueva York (Julio 18, 2016) – Contendiente en ascenso invicto Miguel Flores (20-0, 9 KOs) takes on exciting once-beaten featherweight contender Ryan Kielczweski (25-1, 7 KOs) en el evento principal a 10 asaltos de Liga de Campeones de Boxeo en ESPN y ESPN Deportes Viernes, Agosto 12 de Turning Stone Resort Casino en Verona, Nueva York.

La cobertura televisada comienza en 9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT y presenta un enfrentamiento de peso welter entre el contendiente invicto Bryant Perrella (14-0, 13 KOs) y olímpico cubano Yordenis Ugas (15-3, 7 KOs) en 10 rondas de acción.

“Fighting on ESPN is incredible because you know that fans from all around the world will be tuning in,” dijo Flores. “My opponent is a very skilled fighter, so I’ll be at my best when we step in the ring on August 12. Expect me to go to war and bring a lot of action to those who will be watching.”

“It’s always exciting to be fighting on ESPN, especialmente en el evento principal,” said Kielczweski. “Training is going well and I’ve been traveling around to get great sparring. I don’t know much about Flores other than that he’s undefeated for a reason. If I perform on Agosto 12 hopefully something big will come next that leads me towards a title. It’s going to be an exciting night and an electric fight.”

Las entradas para el evento en vivo, el cual es promovido por Promociones del Rey, tienen un precio de $60 for ringside, $35 y $25, y están a la venta (puede estar sujeto a tarifas adicionales). Los boletos se pueden comprar a través de Ticketmaster, llamando al 877-833-SHOW o visitando la taquilla de Turning Stone.

Un peleador invicto de Michoacán, México, pero luchando fuera de Houston, Flores no ha perdido desde que se convirtió en profesional en 2009 a tan sólo 17 años de edad. The 23-year-old had a big 2015 beginning in May with a victory over German Meraz and followed up by wins against Juan Ruiz, Carlos Padilla and Alfred Tetteh. He started 2016 with a headlining win over Mario Briones at The Dancehall in January and dominated Ruben Tamayo over 10 rounds in May. Now he will face the toughest test of his career in his east coast debut.

Un segundo puesto en el 2008 Torneo nacional Golden Glove, the 26-year-old Kielczweski looks to work his fourth-straight victory on Agosto 12. Nacido y criado en Quincy, MA., que se recuperó de su primera derrota de entregar un nocaut en el primer asalto sobre Anthony Napunyi mayo 2015 and followed that up with a victory over veteran contender Rafael Vazquez in October of last year. Más recientemente, he dominated Mario Macias in an April bout.

Fresh off of a second round stoppage over previously unbeaten David Grayton in PBC on ESPN action in June, the 27-year-old Perrella looks to take down another quality opponent when he enters the ring on Agosto 12. Fighting out of Fort Meyers, Florida, el peso welter, who has trained with world champion Keith Thurman, enters this fight on an 11-bout streak of stopping his opponents inside of the distance.

A sensational Cuban amateur, Ugas picked up a Bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics and also owns Gold medals from the 2005 World Amateur Championships and 2007 Juegos Panamericanos. Now fighting out of Miami, the 29-year-old owns victories over Cosme Rivera, Kenny Abril and Adan Hernandez.

The host of this exciting event of champions, Turning Stone Resort Casino is known as a venue for some of the best action-packed boxing events. De hecho, la leyenda del boxeo Mike Tyson ha seleccionado Turning Stone Resort como sede de su debut mundial como promotor, Mohammad Ali’s daughter Laila Ali made her boxing debut at Turning Stone, Floyd Mayweather Jr. promoted his televised fight card at the Upstate New York resort, and just last year, Turning Stone landed the epic battle between Ruslan Provodnikov and Lucas Matthysse, un “la pelea del año” contendiente, sobre arenas en Los Ángeles, Las Vegas y Miami. La Agosto 12^º fight will mark Turning Stone’s 19^º nationally-televised boxing event, cementing the resort as a destination for legendary knockout fights. Situado en el norte de Nueva York, Turning Stone es un destino turístico galardonado, ofreciendo comodidades de clase mundial que incluyen cuatro hoteles, 21 restaurantes y opciones para cenar, dos spas de lujo, 120,000 pies cuadrados de piso de estilo de juego de Las Vegas, five beautiful golf courses, and several bars, salones de cócteles y lugares de vida nocturna.